Django Roadmap:

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Part 1 (Development Basics):

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Python virtual environment (pipenv, virtualenv, pyenv) - [A}

• Effective Python Book

⭐⭐⭐ VCS (Version Control System): Git and Github (commits, branches, merges, conflicts, stashing, pull requests)

⭐⭐⭐⭐ IDE/Text Editor: Pycharm Pro or VS Code (shortcuts, formatting, integrations, plugins)

⭐⭐ Networks Basics: IPs, Ports, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, Webservers, NATs, SSH, ...etc

⭐⭐ Linux

⭐⭐⭐ Using The Terminal/CMD/PowerShell

Part 2 (Databases)

⭐⭐ RDB (PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite)

• NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis)

⭐⭐⭐ ORM (Object-Relational Mapper)

Part 3 (Software Engineering)

⭐⭐⭐ Conventional Commits

• Trunk-based Development (https://www.atlassian.com/continuous-delivery/continuous-integration/trunk-based-development)
• Change Logs

⭐⭐⭐ README

⭐⭐ Documentation

⭐⭐⭐ Clean Code

• Design Principles (SOLID, KISS, YAGNI, ...etc)

• Design Patterns

• Testing (Unit, Integration, Functional)

• Pytest

• TDD (Test-Driven Development)

• BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)

• DDD (Domain-Driven Design)

⭐⭐ Issue Tracking (GitHub issues, JIRA, Redmine) Learn how to mention issue number in commit message

• Continues Integration (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Travis-CI)

⭐⭐⭐ pre-commit hooks (black, flake)

⭐⭐⭐ .env files and environmental variables

• Logs, and Logging (For Example Sentry)

Part 4 (Web)

⭐⭐⭐⭐ HTML, CSS, SASS, Javascript, Bootstrap and JQuery

⭐⭐ REST API

• Swagger

• ngrok

• GraphQL

⭐⭐ Browser dev tools (elements tab, console, network tab, performance)

Part 5 (Theory and Tools):

• Security (XSS, SQL Injection, CSRF, CORS, ...etc)

• Symmetric Encryption and Asymmetric Encryption

• SSH (Connecting, Generating Keys, Adding Hosts, ...etc)

⭐⭐ Authentication (session, basic, token and jwt token)

• Docker, docker-compose

• Postman

⭐ Authentication vs Authorization

Part 6 (Django)

⭐ Good Resources:

• Two-Scoops with Django

• Code With Mosh - Ultimate Django Series

⭐⭐ Documentation

⭐ Django App Architecture and Organization

• Important Packages
  • django-split-settings (https://sobolevn.me/2017/04/managing-djangos-settings)
  • django-allauth (social auth)
  • django-rest-auth (for drf)
  • django-braces (mixins)
  • django-compressor (for static files)
  • django-countries (country fields)
  • django-crispy-forms (render forms)
  • django-db-mailer
  • django-el-pagination
  • django-extensions (shell_plus, jobs, ...etc)
  • drf-extra-fields (Base64Fields)
  • django-filters
  • django-fsm (state machine)
  • django-jet (admin styles and template)
  • django-modeltranslation
  • django-newsletter
  • django-phonenumber-field
  • django-push-notifications
  • django-solo
  • django-treebeard
  • PyJWT
  • django-redis
  • django-wkhtmltopdf
  • django-import-export
  • sentry-sdk
  • django-ckeditor
  • geopy (locating)
  • django-rest-knox (auth)
  • drf-spectacular (swagger)
  • easy-thumbnails
  • django-oscar
  • django-oscar-api
  • django-oscar-invoices
  • django-debug-toolbar
  • pytest-django
  • pytest-cov

⭐⭐ custom management commands

• custom migrations

• permissions

• Django cookie-cutter

⭐ Django Rest Framework

• Wagtail

• Django cms

Part 7 (Advanced Concepts & Devops & Production):

• Elastic Stack

• Caching with redis

• Asynchronous programming (celery, rabbit mq, django rq, Kafka)

• Linux cron jobs

• AWS Basics (S3, EC2, Networks)

• Gunicorn

• Nginx

• Microservices

• Hosting (PAAS, SAAS, IAAS)

• System Design (a good book is System Design Interview - An Insider's Guide)

Part 8 (Front-End Optional Miscellaneous)

⭐ NPM

• Webpack

⭐ SPA (Vue and Nuxt.js/React and Next.js/Angular)

• PWA

• TypeScript